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That's it really...our France Passion 2006 book and card arrived this morning. We were not expecting it until the beginning of April so this is good news. Hope all the others who were worrying that it would not arrive in time have theirs ?
G
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Will keep the dog away from the front door until the post arrives.He likes to attack any thing poked through the letter box and then disembowl it.Who was it designed the Jack Russell?He has a lot to answer for.
The usual post girl is used to him and leaves any packages on the step and gives me a knock.
Nick
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Rather than put a new post I brought this one to life as it was the most relevant. (am I doing the correct thing?)
Last year we paid £20 or so for France Passion but never used it. We are off again on the same trip with more time. I did not get a reminder for the invite but have this question.
As we are limited to time and will just be using Passion Hosts for the overnights I have read the posts on here. Seems to me they make you
Feel Welcome
You Feel Obliged to buy from them
They often lock you in!
Offer you a meal then bill you £60
So shall I keep my Euros 27 or so or give it a go?
Trev
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overnights I have read the posts on here. Seems to me they make you
Feel Welcome
You Feel Obliged to buy from them
They often lock you in!
Offer you a meal then bill you £60
Trev
Certainly not our experiences Trev - and I think you'll find, not many others either.
Yes, we've always been made welcome.
We've NEVER felt obliged to buy -though we have nearly always done so but because the goods they sold were things we wanted.
We've NEVER been locked in !
We've never been offered a meal though we stopped at a ferme auberge but the meal part was not working that night - a shame as we would have eaten there from choice. I can't see that the bill would have come to anything close to £60 if they had been open. Certainly it was clear that the meal was not free but, as usual, prices were clearly displayed.
Go for it ! France Passion is an excellent scheme. Take some postcards of your local town to leave with a short note of thanks. These can be put through your hosts door if - as often- they are at work when you leave.
G
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I very much agree with Grizzly's points. I'd like to add a couple of my own..
1. Watch out for where you park / drive. You park up on small, grassy fields, although either on one or on the way out of one I picked up something which punctured my tyre.
2. Sometimes, they are very difficult to find. Directions are a bit scant, and don't do as we did and use a GPS to navigate your way there. We missed one site because we approached the village from the wrong direction, and only found out when we were leaving to go to a campsite.
3. We really fancied some of the winery ones, but of the 3 we looked at, all 3 were at the offices of the winery - parked in a farmyard with the tractors, or in the office car park.
The two farm ones we stayed at were great, and we were made to feel most welcome. At the deer farm, there were all sorts of deer-based products (including skins and a coat rack made from deer feet!). Annie's a vegetarian, so we bought some onion chutney (which was lovely). The other was where we bought honey, goat's cheese and Rosé wine. But we didn't feel obliged to buy.
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